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Tyrosine

2-Amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propanoic acid

m/m

g

Type: m/m Monoamino monocarboxylic acid; m/d Monoamino dicarboxylic acid; d/m Diamino monocarboxylic acid. References: (a) Kvenvolden et al. 1970; (b) Kvenvolden et al. 1971; (c) Lawless 1973; (d) Buhl 1975; (e) Pereira et al. 1975; (f) Cronin and Moore 1976; (g) Kotra et al. 1979; (h) Cronin et al. 1981; (j) Cronin and Pizzarello 1983; (k) Cronin and Pizzarello 1986; (m) Meierhenrich et al. 2004; (n) Pizzarello et al. 2004

At least one of the pair present; ** Identified in the Mighei meteorite